July 2016 Court Rules Update

New Court Rule Sets Available: Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, 15th Judicial District (Chester County) – PA15 Court Rule Sets Removed: United States District Court, Northern District of California, Mag. Paul Singh Grewal – PSG United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois, Mag. Geraldine Soat Brown – ILGB Detailed information regarding updated rules can […]

June 2016 Court Rules Update

New Court Rule Sets Available: United States District Court, Eastern District of California, Criminal Rules – CAEDCR United States District Court, Northern District of California, Criminal Rules – CANDCR United States District Court, Southern District of California, Criminal Rules – CASDCR United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois, Criminal Rules – ILNDCR United States […]

Black Line Trial Call Phase Out: Impact on Day to DayOperations For Law Firms

The Black Line Call process involves assigning each case to two parallel courts in an attempt to move cases through the court more quickly (Shelton, 2009). Cases released from the Black Line pool depends on whether the case has been determined to require 18 or 28 months to complete discovery (Black Line Pool Flow Chart, […]

May 2016 Court Rules upate

New Court Rule Sets Available: United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission – EEOC United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit (Cases Docketed on or After 4/1/16) – FEDCIR United States District Court, Central District of California, Criminal Rules – CACDCR United States District Court, Eastern District of New York, Mag. Peggy Kuo – NYPK United […]

April Court Rules Update

New Court Rule Sets Available: Federal Trade Commission – FTC United States Tax Court – USTAX Illinois Circuit Court, 1st Circuit, Jackson County – IL01JA Illinois Circuit Court, 5th Circuit, Vermilion County – IL05VC Illinois Circuit Court, 6th Circuit, Champaign County – IL06CH Illinois Circuit Court, 13th Circuit, Grundy County – IL13GR Kentucky Supreme Court […]

Law Firm Cybersecurity: The 5 Dumbest Mistakes, 10 Cybersecurity Best Practices – and the Bigger Picture in Risk Management

Law Firm Risk Management: Cyber security and Beyond Most people, and the majority of companies, seem to believe that financial and healthcare sectors are the only two that really need to be concerned with a data breach. However, law firms are certainly not immune. The breaches that occur at law firms generally do not make […]

Everything wrong with PACER

Mention PACER in a roomful of attorneys, paralegals or docketing staff and you’re sure to get a strong reaction. You’re likely to hear strong opinions, and few of them positive. Not too many subjects elicit such unequivocally negative feelings in the litigation community as PACER. PACER’s high cost Six years ago, a survey conducted by […]

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